First I'd like to say I am not hiding in people's closets. But I do feel we have a diverse population of ages and cultures on the forums here, so I am asking this to see what opinions everyone holds when it comes to things like this.

So I have a favorite celebrity, and every time I see a new pic of him on the web that's cute I save it to my computer. I have a folder with pictures of this celebrity.

So here is the thing I told my friend the other day how many pics I had saved, and he said I was a stalker . Then I asked some other people "hypothetically" and some people were saying as long as you aren't sending letters and hiding outside their window it's fine. And some people saying "wow that's too many pictures".

So I was wondering what everyone thought on this, how many photos are too many and stalking?

And just in my defense this actor is middle aged and been in photo shoots since he was a toddler. So there are tons and tons of pics of him all around.

Saving tons of pictures of a celebrity you like does not mean you're a stalker... you just happen to be a fan of that person.

The only way you can be considered a stalker is if you actively follow that person around in real life... follow them to their house, to the places they frequent, etc. and just try to be a part of that person's life through any means necessary.

Rule of thumb: If you make a thread asking if something is excessive or inappropriate behavior, err on the side of caution. This isn't stalking, but its behavior that some could consider unhealthy.

Does your attraction to this celebrity consume your daily life? Are you unable to go through your day without thinking or talking about them? Are there aspects of your relationships with others that suffer because of this celebrity? Have you done "research" on this celebrity, or do you just appreciate them for their roles? Are you looking at this celebrity as an object, rather than a person?

These are the kinds of questions you need to ask yourself rather than "is what I'm doing stalking".

Does your attraction to this celebrity consume your daily life? Are you unable to go through your day without thinking or talking about them? Are there aspects of your relationships with others that suffer because of this celebrity? Have you done "research" on this celebrity, or do you just appreciate them for their roles? Are you looking at this celebrity as an object, rather than a person?
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No to all of those, except "do you just appreciate them for their roles?" that and he's wonderful to look at at .

Rule of thumb: If you make a thread asking if something is excessive or inappropriate behavior, err on the side of caution. This isn't stalking, but its behavior that some could consider unhealthy.

Does your attraction to this celebrity consume your daily life? Are you unable to go through your day without thinking or talking about them? Are there aspects of your relationships with others that suffer because of this celebrity? Have you done "research" on this celebrity, or do you just appreciate them for their roles? Are you looking at this celebrity as an object, rather than a person?

These are the kinds of questions you need to ask yourself rather than "is what I'm doing stalking".

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I was going to say, not stalking, but maybe a tad obsessed, but this works much better

Stalking is, when you try to contact a person you have interest in although the person does not know you and the person feels not comfortable in how and how often you contact the person and you even try to get to the persons home and other things you should not because you have no real relationship to the person.

Saving pictures is not stalking. Every person I know does that, even saving pictures just from friends and persons they like. That is just normal.

Maybe if you start doing an altar with pictures and cut out paper reports, than it might get a little weird

I was always big on saving pics of Milla Jovovich, not every new pic that came out, but I did that once. I never really considered it stalking, because I didn't spend my waking life wondering what she was doing at X time or where she was, or send her a bunch of letters. Or try finding her phone number and whatnot, trying to follow her, naming my children after her, taping a picture of her to the front and back of my wifes head, and going berzerk because I am not with her! I MUST FIND HER!!!!!

If you noticed, that last part would be a key example of how someone could be stalking. If you are not focusing the better portion of your attention on this person, and making it your life cause to find this person...you are fine.

to me a Stalker is someone how actively goes out and obsessively pursues someone. I don't mean just turning up to see said person every time they happen to be in town. I mean pursue them to the point of disrupting their lives. I consider the paparazzi stalkers and That type of photography should be made Illegal.